Volume : 9, Issue : 4, APR 2023

A REVIEW ON DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF BANAFSHA (VIOLA ODORATA)

*DR. SHAIKH MUZAFFAR AHMED, DR. GHUFRAN AHMAD QAMRUDDEEN, DR. ANSARI SUMAIRA ABDUL SALAM, PATHAN NAYEEM, SHAHID PATHAN, ABID MANYAR

Abstract

Banafsha is having more acceptability and compatibility with the human body. Viola odorata (Banafsha) is an important herb of Unani medicine. The present study shows idea about biological effects and uses of Viola odorata (Banafsha). Study shows that Viola odorata can be used for laxative, antipyretic and other actions. Due to its multiple therapeutic actions, Banafsha is used in different disease and disorders in human being. The plant is known to treat different systemic ailments due to the presence of phenolic compounds, triterpines, sterols, resins, tannins, volatile oil, glycosides, flavonoids, saponins and anthrocyanins. In Unani System of Medicine, the Banafsha is used in hypertension, depression, chronic insomnia, Dry cough, and as Demulcent, Laxative & Purgative etc. Different studies show Viola odorata as antihypertensive drug was tested on Guinea pig atria and rat aorta, and it was found effective. It was also found effective in depression as tested on mice; molecular docking results depict that compounds 1-3 can interact with 5HT3, 5HT1A and 5HT2A receptors, and are more specific to the 5HT3 receptor subtype. The findings of this study clearly suggest that compounds 1-3 possess antidepressant-like effects which might be mediated via the serotonergic system. The Viola odorata produce sleep in insomniac patients. They conducted study as an experimental pretest-posttest evaluation on VO efficacy in 50 patients with chronic insomnia in Iranian Traditional Medicine Clinic of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. The result shows the improvement in the sleeping and ISI index of the patients (p< 0.05). Many pharmacological activity mentioned in Unani medicine is validated and many activity needs further exploration owing to immense therapeutic scope in this drug.

Keywords

BANAFSHA, BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS, VIOLA ODORATA LINN, UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.

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